Review of October Meeting Minutes – Wade Smith convened the
meeting at 7:35 PM. Minutes were approved with corrections.

Staff Report:

Chris Wells reported that Kayla Quintana was appointed to the At Large
seat on this Committee.

Board items have been officially funded with Commercial and Industrial
revenue and the projects should start to show up in PDD status reports.

Projects from the 2007 Transportation Bond should start construction in
the summer of 2010.

The bike plan for Tysons Corner will be prepared by a contractor.

Old Business:

Committee Website Pages – Chris Wells said that maintenance on the web
pages will performed in the coming year. Wade Smith suggested that Doug
Pew should assist with this. Mark Tipton asked that the terms on the
Index be made clearer, especially the name of the link regarding trail
and sidewalk requests.

Trail/Sidewalk Volunteer Program – Chris reported that Steve Aitcheson,
DPWES head of maintenance and storm water management, indicated that a
demonstration location is needed as a first step to establishing this
program. Steve can discuss this idea with the Committee. Tom Kennedy
suggested that many locations could be done.

Important County Trails Designation – Chris commented that the
designations should be determined in conjunction with the County
trails/bike plan and there are no funds for updating the trails plan at
this time. Paul Johnson said that the trails plan, like most of the
Comprehensive Plan, may need to be updated every five years.

New Business:

Fairfax County Parkway

Doug pointed out the need for bike route signs. Chris said that
that is in the works.

Trail/Sidewalk Maintenance

Paul noted the need for maintenance funding. Wade suggested the
Committee members talk to individual Board of Supervisors’ members,
and discuss maintenance in the budget process.

Homeowners’ Association (HA) Trails

Mary Flowers mentioned that HA trails are not mapped, but links to
other websites could be provided. Chris said the County has
restrictions on outside links on its website.

2010 Issues for Committee Discussion

Wade asked the Committee members to consider the list of issues
from the October Committee meeting minutes. Tom suggested that the
issues fall into four main categories:

Bicycle Issues

Trail/Sidewalk Connectivity

Trail/Sidewalk Maintenance

Committee Website

Appreciation for Jenny Pate

Doug presented Jenny Pate with a present (personalized M&Ms
imprinted with her picture) to thank her for her 33 years of
service with the Park Authority and 14 years on the Trails
Committee, and commemorate her retirement next month. The Committee
members expressed their immense appreciation for all of her efforts
planning and organizing construction of the Cross County Trail and
numerous other trails that enrich our lives.

Fountain Head Park

Dan Iglhaut reported that the NVRPA has submitted a grant request
to the Virginia Recreational Trail Fund for rehabilitation of four
miles of trail.

Future Committee Meetings

Wade reminded the Committee members that future meetings will begin
at 7:00 PM instead of 7:30 PM.